Sport(s) | Football |
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Biographical details | |
Born | 1936/1937 (age 80–81) Rumford, Maine |
Playing career | |
1955–1957 | Maine |
Position(s) | Guard, linebacker |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1960–1966 | Maine (assistant) |
1967–1975 | Maine |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1991–1992 | Maine (interim AD) |
1994–1995 | Maine (interim AD) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 27–53 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 Yankee (1974) |
Walter H. Abbott is a former American football player and coach, college athletics administrator, and university professor. He served as the head football coach at the University of Maine from 1967 through 1975, compiling a record of a 27–53. His Maine Black Bears football team won a share of Yankee Conference championship in 1974. Abbott served two stints as interim athletic director at Maine, from 1991 to 1992 and again from 1994 to 1995. He also was a member of the university's faculty until his retirement in 2010.